Personnel

PROCESS' technical staff is comprised of:

  • Mr. L. H. (Hop) Boyd, Jr., P.E., Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (M.S., University of Arkansas, 1985) with 25 years experience in the design, startup, and operation of chemical production, petroleum refining, and waste handling and treatment processes, as well as in the design, startup, and operation of process control systems and computer process modeling and simulation.
  • Mr. James S. (Jim) Morris, P.E., Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (M.S., University of Tennessee, 1988) with 27 years experience in the design, startup, and operation of batch chemical processes, waste treatment and air pollution control systems, and metalworking production units, as well as in computer process modeling and simulation.
  • Mr. Melvin C. (Mel) Coker, Jr., Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (B.S., University of Tennessee, 1989) with 18 years experience in petroleum refining, petrochemical production, chemical processing, and pulp and paper manufacturing process hazard analysis, including process design, control system, operations, and process documentation review and evaluation.
  • Mr. Ronald F. (Ron) Colwell, P.E., Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (B.S., Colorado State University, 1994) with 15 years experience in the design, startup, optimization, debottlenecking, and operation of petroleum refining units and oil and gas production field operations, as well as in computer process modeling and simulation.
  • Ms. Jacqueline F. (Jacqui) Stewart, Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1986) with 18 years experience in the design, startup, and operation of batch chemical, specialty metal, and pharmaceuticals production processes, as well as in the design and permitting of environmental systems.
  • Ms. Leslie W. Little, P.E., Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (M.S., University of Tennessee, 1985) with 29 years experience in the design, startup, and operation of chemical, environmental, and radioactive materials processing systems and in waste treatment and radioactive material processes regulatory compliance.
  • Mr. Jason P. Firman, Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (B.S., University of Florida, 1996) with 12 years experience in the design, startup, and operation of batch specialty chemical production processes, and with chemical plant and petroleum refinery process safety management.
  • Mr. Donald M. (Don) Montierth, P.E., Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (B.S., Brigham Young University, 1986, M.B.A. 1988) with 19 years experience in the design, startup, and operation of chemical and pharmaceutical production and waste handling and treatment processes, as well as in computer process modeling and simulation and detail process systems design.
  • Mr. Stephen D. (Steve) Karnitz, Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (B.S., Tennessee Technological University, 1991) with 14 years experience in the design, startup, and optimization of batch and continuous chemical production processes, as well as in computer process modeling and simulation and detail process systems design.
  • Mr. Joel G. Reagan, Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (M.S., Tennessee Technological University, 1985) with 24 years experience in the design, startup, operation, and optimization of chemical production processes, plant utilities, and waste treatment systems, as well as in computer process modeling and simulation.
  • Mr. Christopher L. (Chris) Pace, P.E., Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (M.S., Texas A&M University, 1997) with 12 years experience in the design, startup, and operation of chemical production and pilot plant processes, as well as in computer process modeling and simulation and waste thermal treatment systems.
  • Mr. Robert G. (Jerry) Hartis, Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (B.S., North Carolina State University, 1977) with 30 years experience in the design and operation of batch specialty chemical production and waste treatment processes, as well as in detail process systems design.
  • Dr. Peter Bereolos, Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (Ph.D., Purdue University, 1995) with 15 years experience in the operations and technical support of nuclear materials processes, including the safety, storage, and inventory management of nuclear materials.
  • Ms. Meghan W. Goff, Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (M.S., North Carolina State University, 2003) with 6 years experience in the design, startup, and operation of batch specialty organic chemical processes and with computer process modeling and simulation.
  • Mr. Bruce L. Giles, Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (B.S., Tennessee Technological University, 1982) with 22 years experience in the design, startup, and operation of chemical production, batch chemical, and radioactive materials processes, as well as in the design, startup, and operation of computer process control systems, and process documentation review and evaluation.
  • Mr. Brian Gregory (Greg) Jobe, Project Engineer, a nuclear engineer (B.S., University of Tennessee, 1985, M.S. chemical engineering pending) with 6 years experience in nuclear plant, chemical plant, and petroleum refinery operation and process safety management.
  • Mr. Roger M. Efferson, Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (B.S., University of Tennessee, 1985) with 24 years experience in specialty and textile chemical production and production management, as well as in plant management, process control, and instrumentation.
  • Mr. William R. (Bill) Tonne, Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (B.S., University of Dayton, 1979) with 38 years experience in the development, design, startup, and operation of nuclear materials processing facilities as well as in facility and operations management and the management of hazardous and radiological materials.
  • Mr. J. H. Gregory (Greg) Grimaud, III, Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1981, M.B.A. 1995) with 26 years experience in the design, startup, and operation of chemical and nuclear materials processing systems, as well as in detail process design and project and engineering management.
  • Mr. Sherman D. Brady, P.E., Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (B.S., University of Missouri-Rolla, 1963) with 45 years experience in the design, construction, startup, and operation of organic and inorganic chemicals production processes, as well as in industrial research and development.
  • Dr. Richard N. Jacobson, P.E., Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1970) with 37 years experience in the design, construction, startup, and operation of organic and inorganic chemicals production processes, petroleum processing units, and mined materials processes.
  • Mr. Grant B. Duncan, Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (M.S., University of Tennessee, 1994) with 19 years experience in the design, startup, and operation of batch and continuous specialty and commodity chemical production processes as well as with plant practices regarding quality, safety, and management.
  • Mr. Matt D. Whitworth, Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998) with 9 years experience in the design, startup, and operation of batch and continuous organic chemical production processes, as well as in computer process modeling and simulation and Six Sigma methodologies.
  • Mr. Rame Y. Sulaiman, Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (M.S., Tennessee Technological University, 1995), with 11 years experience in equipment and processing systems design, startup, operation, and optimization as well as dryer, filter, and heat transfer equipment detail design and the design of process control systems.
  • Ms. Sonja K. Cannon, Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (B.S., Tennessee Technological University, 2000) with 9 years of experience in the design, startup, optimization, and operation of batch specialty chemical production processes, as well as in batch chemical pilot plant management.
  • Dr. Frederick E. (Fred) Weber, Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1982) with 28 years experience in engineering education, and the incorporation of new technologies into chemical engineering education, as well as the design and operation of nuclear processes.
  • Ms. Jennifer Bergstrom, Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (B.S., Oklahoma State University, 1996) with 12 years experience in PSM program management, process hazard analysis, control systems, process documentation review and evaluation, as well as design, startup, optimization, turnarounds, and operation in petroleum refining and gas processing plants.
  • Mr. Dennis Worthington, Senior Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (M.S., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1988) with 20 years experience in plant support and troubleshooting, development and execution of new product scale-ups and production runs, pilot plant management, and batch process engineering and development, as well as in process control system configuration and programming.
  • Dr. Susan Rishell, Associate Engineer, a chemical engineer (Ph.D., University College, Dublin, Ireland, 2003) with 3 years experience in bench scale and pilot scale testing, process hydraulics, and wastewater treatment technology development, as well as petroleum refining process hazard analyses and process safety information development.
  • Ms. Ann Shih, P.E., Project Engineer, a chemical engineer (M.S., Lehigh University, 1988) with 8 years experience in development and execution of new process scale-ups and design, fabrication, installation, and startup of nuclear fuel processes and semiconductor processes.
  • Ms. Kimberly F. (Kim) Boyd, Senior Administrative Assistant (A.B.S., Roane State Community College) with 16 years experience in technical package and report preparation.
  • Ms. Carol M. Miller, Senior Engineering Technician, a computer drafter (Diploma, Mechanical/Architectural Drafting, Tennessee Technology Center, 1996) with 13 years experience in the computer-aided drafting (CAD) of process flow diagrams (PFDs), piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), equipment layout drawings, and mechanical and architectural drawings.

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